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Putting the New Global Findex into Context

Crowning the last three years of concerted efforts to expand financial inclusion, the 2017 Global Findex database reveals a significant global rise in access and use of financial services around the world.But there is still much work to be done, said the …
Remarkable progress, new trends, persistent challenges Crowning the last three years of concerted efforts to expand financial inclusion, the newly launched 2017 Global Findex d… https://www.unsgsa.org/resources/news/putting-new-global-finex-context/

Special Advocate Joins World Bank Gathering to Mark Advances, Commitments to Financial Inclusion

The Special Advocate will attend the World Bank Spring Meetings to announce significant advances in financial inclusion and major new commitments from the public and private sectors
Special Advocate Joins World Bank Gathering to Mark Advances, Commitments to Financial Inclusion The UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance, H.M. Queen Má… https://www.unsgsa.org/resources/news/special-advocate-joins-global-leaders-world-bank-mark-advanc/

Igniting Innovation in Financial Access: Public and Private Approaches for Greater Access by 2020

Related content Key initiative: Post 2015 development agenda Speech: United Nations Special Event for MDGs Speech: Opening Remarks at the 2nd United Nations Inter-Agency Meeti… https://www.unsgsa.org/resources/speeches/igniting-innovation-financial-access-public-and-private-appr/

Financial inclusion underpins bold World Bank goals on poverty

The UNSGSA attended the World Bank-IMF annual meetings in Washington, D.C. this October, and found that they were not business as usual. World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Kim ann… https://www.unsgsa.org/resources/news/financial-inclusion-underpins-bold-world-bank-goals-poverty/

Keynote Address at the 2013 AFI Global Policy Forum

I deeply believe that with the knowledge and commitment that we possess today, universal access to financial services is achievable. Let us seize the opportunity to make this a re… https://www.unsgsa.org/resources/speeches/keynote-address-2013-afi-global-policy-forum/